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The Berenstain Bears
The Berenstain Bears Hug and Make Up: A Thoughtful Chapter Book about Bears and Forgiveness, for Kids
When everyone wakes up a bit grumpy, the mood in the Bear house is anything but happy. As the Bear family learns, though, sometimes laughter is all it takes to hug and make up!
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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Stan Berenstain
924 books707 followersStan and Jan Berenstain (often called The Berenstains) were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series the Berenstain Bears. Their son Mike Berenstain joined them as a creative team in the late 1980s.
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March 27, 2018
a good book for my kiddos!
April 21, 2013
The Berenstain Bears Hug and Makeup by Stan and Jan Berenstain was ok, but not our favorite. There is just so much grumpiness, crankiness, stubbornness. I was so glad to get to then end. Finally, we get a positive message, of forgiveness and happiness.
June 24, 2018
Everyone starts the day off bad and the grumpiness spreads in all directions. I like that the book addresses this - how a bad mood can spread and become completely out of control. By the end of the book they definitely need some intervention to get back on track. Yay for hugs!
April 7, 2020
This book reminds me about me and my brother. This is because we don’t get along. But it can also say when you are mad for no good reason then you have no idea why you were so angry to kids and sometimes adults even.
January 29, 2020
1/29/20 Read with Julia
January 8, 2021
Very nice book thank you so much again hug and make up
March 16, 2024
Meh. Luka likes this, but there is not really a plot.
October 24, 2016
Unrealistic story, unrealistic expectations.
What. This makes no sense. Nobody acts like this. This is ridiculous. They're trying to get a message across, but they're doing it by depicting an unrealistic scenario. You can't do that; it doesn't work. It doesn't have a bad message; it just fails utterly at getting that message across.
Mama stubs her toe, the baby screams, and people aren't polite to each other at the breakfast table and call each other names. Everybody's mad. They get in fights. Mama takes the television away. Everybody's basically just hanging out and holding a grudge against each other, just glowering all day. Then Sister starts laughing at Mama for trying to read a magazine upside-down. Then instead of taking that as an insult, Mama starts laughing too and everybody else starts laughing like insane people, and they make up. Even the illustrations look like the Bears are forcing the laughter.
"But it's hard for folks who love each other to stay angry all day, especially if they really don't have anything to be angry about." No it's not! And when people are done being mad at each other, it usually takes a long time for them to get over themselves enough to accept, or offer, an apology. This type of deus ex machina resolution just irritates me.
The best part: "Who are you calling a slowpoke, you dumbhead!" Or, "'I wouldn't sit next to him if he were the last bear on earth!' said Sister. 'That goes double for me!' said Brother." What, if she was the last two bears on earth? What? I also appreciated when they were "looking daggers at each other" and the illustration actually had little daggers floating in the air between them. And how you could tell Sister is really upset because she is failing at staying within the lines as she's coloring in her coloring book. Furiously.
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What. This makes no sense. Nobody acts like this. This is ridiculous. They're trying to get a message across, but they're doing it by depicting an unrealistic scenario. You can't do that; it doesn't work. It doesn't have a bad message; it just fails utterly at getting that message across.
Mama stubs her toe, the baby screams, and people aren't polite to each other at the breakfast table and call each other names. Everybody's mad. They get in fights. Mama takes the television away. Everybody's basically just hanging out and holding a grudge against each other, just glowering all day. Then Sister starts laughing at Mama for trying to read a magazine upside-down. Then instead of taking that as an insult, Mama starts laughing too and everybody else starts laughing like insane people, and they make up. Even the illustrations look like the Bears are forcing the laughter.
"But it's hard for folks who love each other to stay angry all day, especially if they really don't have anything to be angry about." No it's not! And when people are done being mad at each other, it usually takes a long time for them to get over themselves enough to accept, or offer, an apology. This type of deus ex machina resolution just irritates me.
The best part: "Who are you calling a slowpoke, you dumbhead!" Or, "'I wouldn't sit next to him if he were the last bear on earth!' said Sister. 'That goes double for me!' said Brother." What, if she was the last two bears on earth? What? I also appreciated when they were "looking daggers at each other" and the illustration actually had little daggers floating in the air between them. And how you could tell Sister is really upset because she is failing at staying within the lines as she's coloring in her coloring book. Furiously.
For more children's book reviews, see my website at http://www.drttmk.com.
November 10, 2016
Last night, I babysat my neighbors' three young boys. They are super sweet kids, but there are some times when they get in loud (and sometimes physical) arguments. So, as their bedtime story, I chose this book to read to them. I had assumed they have read it at least a dozen times already, but I thought it would be healthy for them to reflect on how to solve problems without fighting. Great teaching tool for young siblings.
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April 25, 2007I was a big fan of the Berenstain Bears and the Bad Habit it really changed my life and was the impetus that led me to kicking my raging Heroine addiction. I’ve been putting off reading The Berenstain Bears Hug and Make Up because I don’t know if I can handle such a hefty read. I’m not sure if there’s room for forgiveness in my life right now.
March 27, 2008
With all the books we've checked out from the library, this is the first one he's actually sat down and listened to without any problems. Usually he's jumping around and we have to threaten to close the book to get him to pay attention. This was not the case here.
September 12, 2012
This children's book is about emotional contagion - each person catches the "got-up-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-bed" feeling until finally, the grumpiness and tension is broken by a funny situation. It's a good one to read with children who working to understand how emotions can be shared.
August 28, 2013
This book grasps the concept that even if families get mad at each other, or have disagreements, they will always love one another. The illustrations were very colorful so that it would capture the children's attention. This book was very easy to read, and age appropriate.
March 12, 2014
This Berenstain Bear book explain how one bad day for one member of the family loops over to everyone in the family. But in the end they know that they can change their attitudes and they really care and love each other.
January 30, 2010
This is a good book about "making up" after an agrument. It also teaches about being considerate and always talking after an argument. This would be helpful if you had a class that argued a lot.
July 10, 2014
Told in rhyme that's easy for little readers to enjoy. Small words in bold print and colorful pages and a story about getting along.
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September 25, 2014
Fun Read! Love It!
February 20, 2015
Love them. This is one of our favorites.
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